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Masonic Lodge No. 557, Benburb, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland: List of Members 1778-1801

Extracted from the archives of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, Molesworth Street, Dublin
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

 

Meeting in Benburb & Co. of Tyrone (near Armagh): Warrant Issued 2 April 1778

Members of Lodge No. 557 meeting at Benburb, Clonfeacle Parish, would have been drawn from the surrounding district. Meetings were generally held on the night of a full moon allowing for safe travel on horseback in an era of poor quality roads.


 

***ORIGINAL SPELLING & NUMBERING OF MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN RETAINED***

No. Name Dates Admitted and Certified
1 Jas. MCCLEAVE Adm. 2 Apr 1778
2 Wm. BAYLY Adm. 2 Apr 1778
3 Thos. WALSH Adm. 2 Apr 1778
4 Michl. EDGE Adm. 24 Jany 1780; cert. 24 Jany 1780
5 Wm. MCCLEAVE Adm. 19 Feb 1781
6 JNO. GILLESPIE Adm. 19 Feb 1781
7 Jno. ANDERSON Adm. 19 Feb 1781
8 Jas. WILSON Adm. 19 Feb 1781
9 Geo. WILSON Adm. 19 Feb 1781; cert. 8 1782
10 Wm. FLOYD Adm. 19 Feb 1781
11 Frans. SMYTHE Adm. 19 Feb 1781
12 Geo. GILLESPIE Adm. 19 Feb 1781
13 Hugh CHAMBERS 1 Adm. 9 Feb 1781
14 Acheson HUSON, Esq. Adm. 19 Feb 1781; cert. 8 Jany 1782
15 Richd. LITTLEFIELD Adm. 6 Apr 1781; cert. 6 Aprl. 1781
16 Wm. HILL Adm. 8 July 1782
17 Jas. ARMOR Adm. 8 July 1782
18 Edwd. MORRISON Adm. 8 July 1782
19 Wm. TATE Adm. 8 July 1782
20 Arhd. WILKIN Adm. 10 May 1785; cert. 11 May 1785
21 Jas. BEST Adm. 22 Jany 1788
22 Wm. WILSON, jun. Adm. 16 Nov 1789; cert. 1 May 1816
23 Jas. LUCAS Adm. 8 Oct 1790; cert. 8 Oct 1790
24 Geo. THOMPSON Adm. 8 Sept 1792
25 Jno. BARCLAY Adm. 8 Sept 1792
26 Jas. WALLACE Adm. 8 Sept 1792
27 Josh. SCOTT Adm. 8 Sept 1792
28 Wm. BLACK Adm. 8 Sept 1792
29 Robt. ROGERS Adm. 8 Sept 1792
30 Kenedy ROBINSON Adm. 8 Sept 1792
31 Jno. LEE Adm. 8 Sept 1792
32 Jno. HAYES Adm. 8 Sept 1792
33 Wm. BARCLAY Adm. 8 Sept 1792
34 Robt. AIKEN Adm. 8 Sept 1792
35 Robt. NEILL Adm. 8 Sept 1792
36 John KEAN Adm. 8 Sept 1792
37 Edwd. MORRISON, jun. Adm. 3 Jany 1795; cert. 3 June 1795
38 Alex. MORROW Adm. 3 March 1796
39 Wm. FORREST Adm. 3 March 1796
40 Robt. KILPATRICK Adm. 3 March 1796
41 Jno. EDGE Adm. 3 March 1796
42 Robert CLOGHER Adm. 20 August 1796
43 Edwd. MCOWEN Adm. 20 August 1796
44 Jas. MCNEECE Adm. 5 May 1798; cert. 5 May 1798
- Joseph MCQUONE Adm. 23 Nov. 1801


 

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